Hanging card mechanism for a socket

ABSTRACT

A hanging card mechanism for a socket has two steps of the function of guarding against thief and includes a card body and a base. The card body includes a card having a bottom, a driving head expanding from the bottom of the card, and an inclined conical portion connected to the driving head. The base is circular and groove-shaped and includes a bottom, two snapping pieces disposed at the bottom and being symmetrical to each other, an inner bottom surface, and a groove disposed the inner bottom surface, such that the inclined conical portion of the driving head is inserted into and joined with the groove.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a hanging card mechanism for a socket,and more particularly to a hanging card mechanism having two steps ofthe function of guarding against thief and an easier combination.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Recently, a conventional hanging card, and particularly a hanging cardfor a socket, which is generally used on the market, only has basicfunction with hanging or decoration and has no the function which avoidsstealing. Thus, when the hanging card and the socket are demonstrated,the socket could be pulled out and stolen by thief. For above reason,another hanging card is designed to have the function which avoidsstealing. Although the mechanism of the hanging card has the functionwhich can avoid stealing, there are the following disadvantages in anembodiment of the hanging card:

1. When the hanging card is joined with the socket, the hanging cardmust be align to the socket and further exactly joined with the socketso as to cause a user to be troublesome and inconvenient.

2. The movement of the hanging card corresponding to the socket is notsmooth, and often the hanging card is incompletely snapped into thesocket so as to cause the hanging card not to avoid stealing.

3. There is only one step of function of guarding against thief. Whenthe hanging card is cut, the hanging card is only discarded and notrecovered against, so as to cause the problem of environmentalprotection and waste the nature resource.

Accordingly, there exists a need for a hanging card mechanism for asocket to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide a hanging cardmechanism having two steps of the function of guarding against thief andan easier combination and improving disadvantages of the conventionalhanging card.

In order to achieve the foregoing objects, the present inventionprovides a hanging card mechanism for a socket. The socket is joinedwith the hanging card mechanism. The hanging card mechanism has twosteps of the function of guarding against thief and includes a card bodyand a base. The card body includes a card having a bottom, a drivinghead expanding from the bottom of the card, and an inclined conicalportion connected to the driving head. The base is circular andgroove-shaped and includes a bottom, two snapping pieces disposed at thebottom and being symmetrical to each other, an inner bottom surface, anda groove disposed the inner bottom surface, such that the inclinedconical portion of the driving head is inserted into and joined with thegroove.

The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages ofthe invention will be more readily apparent from the following detaileddescription, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded schematic view of a hanging cardmechanism for a socket according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective exploded and partial sectional schematic view ofa hanging card mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective exploded schematic view of a hanging cardmechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective schematic view of a hanging card mechanismaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan schematic view of a hanging card mechanism for asocket showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan schematic view of a hanging card mechanism for asocket showing an embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6, they depict a hanging card mechanism 10 for asocket 50 according to the present invention, wherein the hanging cardmechanism 10 has two steps of function of guarding against thief and thebottom of the hanging card mechanism 10 is connected to the socket 50.The present invention is characterized as follows:

The hanging card mechanism 10 includes a card body 20 and a base 30. Thecard body 20 includes a card 21, a driving head 25 which is expandingfrom the bottom of the card 21, and an inclined conical portion 22 whichis connected to the driving head 25. The base 30 is circular andgroove-shaped and includes two snapping pieces 31 which are disposed atthe bottom thereof and symmetrical to each other. The base 30 isprovided with a groove 32 which is disposed the inner bottom surfacethereof, such that the inclined conical portion 22 of the driving head25 is inserted into and joined with the groove 32.

Furthermore, the diving head 25 is provided with at least one settingpiece 26 which is deposed at two sides thereof, and the base 30 providedwith at least one hole 33 which is corresponding to the setting piece26, such that the setting piece 26 is snapped into and joined with thehole 33.

In addition, the snapping piece 31 of the base 30 is provided with atleast one flange 34 so as to be snapped into and joined with the groove(not shown) which is disposed in the socket 50.

Furthermore, the base 30 is provided with a block 25 which is disposedbeside the groove 32, and the driving head 25 is provided with a halfarc groove 27 which is disposed in the bottom thereof, such that theblock 25 and the half arc groove 27 are interactive to drive the hangingcard mechanism 10 to be opened or closed.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6 again, they depict the combination of thehanging card mechanism 10 for the socket 50 according to an embodimentof the present invention. As the inclined conical portion 22 is insertedinto the base 30, the setting piece 26 of the driving head 25 will besnapped into and jointed with the base 30 so as to have a first step ofthe function of guarding against thief. Furthermore, after the inclinedconical portion 22 is inserted into the groove 32 of the base 30, thesnapping piece 31 provided with the flange 34 will be pushed outward andthen the flange 34 will be snapped into a groove (not shown) which isdisposed in the interior of the socket 50 and corresponding to theflange 34, so as to has a second step of the function of guardingagainst thief and be not pulled out by external force. Then, thecombination of the hanging card mechanism 10 and the socket 50 arecompleted.

As described above, the hanging card mechanism 10 according to thepresent invention has two steps of the function of guarding againstthief. When the socket 50 is requested to separated from the hangingcard mechanism 10, an A portion of the base 30 will be cut firstly.After the A portion is cut, the block 35 will be corresponding to thehalf arc groove 27 to be rotated so as to drive the inclined conicalportion 22. When the inclined conical portion 22 is rotated to 90degrees, the inclined conical portion 22 does not push the snappingpiece 31 and the flange 34 is reset to original position.Simultaneously, the flange 34 is not snapped into the groove of thesocket 50, such that the socket 50 will be separated from the snappingpiece 31 of the base 30 and pulled out to be used. The base 30 and thesocket 50 are closed, as shown in FIG. 5, and the base 30 and the socket50 are opened, as shown in FIG. 6.

Furthermore, the advantage of the present invention is that the hangingcard mechanism 10 does not need to be discarded after the socket 50 isseparated from the hanging card mechanism 10. Thus, the hanging cardmechanism 10 differs from the conventional hanging card. Although thefunction of guarding against thief disappear when the A portion of thebase 30 is cut, the hanging card mechanism 10 can be still used becausethe main structure of the hanging card mechanism 10 is not broken yet.The hanging card mechanism 10 can be still joined with the socket 50 andhanged by using the hanging card 21, so the present invention solves theproblem of environmental protection and economizes the nature resource.

In addition, as compared with the conventional hanging card, the hangingcard mechanism according to the present invention has not only two stepsof the function of guarding against thief but also an easier combinationand an operation with less force. The shape of the hanging cardmechanism is graceful, the structure of the hanging card mechanism isfirm, and the hanging card mechanism can be recovered and used again toavoid buying a new one, such that a consumer can decrease the cost ofthe hanging card.

As a whole, the hanging card mechanism according to the presentinvention improves the driving method of the conventional hanging cardand therefore the present invention has utility, the function ofguarding against thief and non-obviousness.

Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferredembodiment, it is not used to limit the invention. It is to beunderstood that many other possible modifications and variations can bemade by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

1. A hanging card mechanism for a socket, the socket joined with thehanging card mechanism, the hanging card mechanism having two steps ofthe function of guarding against thief and comprising: a card bodyincluding: a card having a bottom; a driving head expanding from thebottom of the card; and an inclined conical portion connected to thedriving head; and a base being circular and groove-shaped and including:a bottom; two snapping pieces disposed at the bottom and beingsymmetrical to each other; an inner bottom surface; and a groovedisposed the inner bottom surface, such that the inclined conicalportion of the driving head is inserted into and joined with the groove.2. The hanging card mechanism for a socket according to claim 1, whereinthe diving head includes two sides and at least one setting piecedeposed at the sides; and the base includes at least one holecorresponding to the setting piece, such that the setting piece issnapped into and joined with the hole.
 3. The hanging card mechanism fora socket according to claim 1, wherein the socket includes a groove; andthe base further includes at least one flange so as to be snapped intoand joined with the groove of the socket.
 4. The hanging card mechanismfor a socket according to claim 1, wherein the base further includes ablock disposed beside the groove of the base; and the driving headfurther includes a bottom and a half arc groove disposed in the bottomof the driving head, such that the block and the half arc groove areinteractive to drive the hanging card mechanism to be opened and closed.